Early Wednesday evening!!!

More coming in and this one is from Debbie who says:-

"Last night I tried to put my work up, but my computer wasn't cooperating.  And my picture wouldn't upload.  I had a nice paragraph and ready to send and my comp. crashed!  Aaarrrrgh!
So, I will try this again.

I am a beginner and just took Georgias class (I will definitely take it again)I am so glad that she has this class for us.  I will try to keep up with everyone here.  This is Fun!"

Now we have Hannah who's comment is:-

" Here’s my day 1 photo – can’t wait for day 2! "

Next to send her day 1 in is Isabel from Sweden.  I see her piece is being guarded carefully!!!  Isabel says this:-

"Hi Jane here it's my first part of TIAS. It's my first time I'm participate in your TIAS. I don't know what kind of beautiful creature or other nice things will be appear. But I'm in the play of TIAS. Thank your for your TIAS."

Not long before my bedtime and Chris sent in her day 1.  This is what she said:-
"Not the best picture, I'm afraid, but there's only so much one can expect from a camera phone :)  I started on a whim, as I found a small ball of some thread I painted in my bag while at work and I needed a break from the computer. This bit is finger tatted, as it used such small lengths; I'll have to bring a couple shuttles in as the days go by, with some other thread colors. I'll not guess what it is quite yet. This oughta be fun! :)"

More on Wednesday!

This is Riet's contribution and she says this:-

"Here is my picture of Day 1.   I wonder if it is done well, looking at the drawing I don’t see a long chain.  I saw the day 2 drawing and there is the same. But I will wait and see maybe at the end I understand.  Nothing is gone a overhand knot in the chain can still be done."

Yes, Riet has got day 2 but only because she is kindly translating it all into Dutch for her friends in The Netherlands!!!  Your Day 1 looks fine to me, Riet.

Now here's Ginny's offering and this is her guess:-
"Here is my day 1 of the TIAS.  I think it is a Siamese Caterpillar."

Just checked my inbox and Ann has popped in!  She says this:-

"Here is my Day 1 of the TIAS!  I need to snip my beginning threads a little more closely, but will wait until I have a good night's sleep!  This is fun and I am quite excited, hence all the exclamation points!!!"

Whooopeeee - another.  This time from Dominique who has come up with a good guess!!!  Here's what she says"-
"Here is my day 1 of the TIAS in DMC variagated cotton n°80.  Could it  be a prawn/shrimp ? 

Wednesday!!!

Here are some more Day 1's!!!  

First that I've picked up is from Brenda who says:-

"Hi Jane. this is my tat and see.  Didn't know how to tie so left it."  

Looks GREAT to me, Brenda.

Next is from Elizabeth who is suffering from the cold!!!  Try living HERE, Elizabeth!!!

"Here is my first part.  I managed to tat it even though it is so cold here.  Probably be 18 tonight.  So much for living in the south."

Now this is from Joanie - what a hoot, eh?

"I want to play too!!!  First is a picture of my TIAS!!! Oh wait, that is the one I had to finish so I would have shuttles for the NEW TIAS!  Second is the picture of the new TIAS!  Hopefully I can/will keep up with this TIAS!"

Now we have Deanne who says:-

"I had to finish this before I went to sleep.  It's Tuesday, 11:20pm here in Austin, TX.

I had a hard time but I think I did ok considering I'm a beginner.  Wasn't able to achieve working in the threads at the beginning so I sewed them in with needle and thread after it was completed.  Hope I can keep up with everyone.  I did learn a lot so this is a great experience for me." 

Well done, Deanne.  You've made a fantastic start.

Now we have a comedienne amongst us - well, another!!!!!  This is from Martha Ess:-

"This is obviously going to be  a snowman with a fringed scarf."

Final one in on this first blog post of the day is IsDihara who says:-

"Here is my Day 1 attempt, made using Lizbeth size 40 in color 107 Tropical Fruit. Can't wait for Day 2 to be released."

Nearly missed Linda who'd found her way into my spam folder!!!!  Here's her contribution which is GREAT too:-

"This is the only way I know how to let you know my progress.... If I am doing it wrong please let me know.  This is interesting! I have never hid both threads at the same time. I have watched the progress of many TIAS but never participated because I never figured out how to do split rings. This fall I figured out the split rings and I am on a roll... Very good instructions, you have not lost me yet!  I am using size 20 Desert Bloom with orange and purple for second colors."

Next one!!

This has just come in at quarter past eight in the evening.  This is from Wanda who says:-

"Hello, Jane.

Well, here is my attempt at your TIAS.  I've never done one before so we'll see how it goes.  So far, so good!  I've used Lizbeth thread Caribbean in size 20 to do the first part.  Hmm, It kinda looks like a dragonfly without wings hanging onto another.  No, that's not a guess, just a comment! Looking forward to Day 2 to see what comes next!"

 

The next is from Stephanie P

Next in is Stephanie P's with the following comment:-

"Hi Jane,
Day One!  Woo hoo!  Here is my contribution.  I'm using Olympus for the variegated color. Haven't yet decided what the solids will be.  I'll make that decision when the time comes.  And with that, attached is my version of Day One!"

TIAS Day 1 - 3rd in!!!

Now here comes Heather!!  I must explain here that Heather is doing the transfer from needle to shuttles and doing it extremely well - even putting up with quite a lot of teasing from me along the way!!!!!  Anyway, enough of my input - here's what she says:-

"I feel like I done something wrong on this but when you dont know what you are tatting exactly its hard to say lol

 You will be proud of me Jane I used shuttles (see attached pictures) I had to show you to prove it hee hee

 I used size 10 thread the varigated is scrap color way dyed by me

This is going to be fun! It will give me better practice with the shuttle, I still didnt bury my needles maybe one day lol but I have been using the shuttle.

 Did you get a chance to check out the motif I made with just the shuttle from design to finished piece

 THANKS for this

Have a great day err I can imagine its night there ;)"

 

TIAS Day 1 - 2nd in!!!

It's now just gone four in the afternoon in my wee corner of tat land and the second attempt at day 1 has come in from Denise.  This is what she says:-

"Well here is my attempt. I didn't quite understand the suggestion for hiding ends at the beginning, so I wound a little thread ctm two times. Now I have to make a bunch of variegated butterflies or something similar to use up what was leftover from both row 1 & 2. I did have to pick the first ring of row 2 apart because I just jumped in an started tatting ring 1 row 1 again, darn it!

I love split rings! I'm so happy to be doing another pattern with split rings. I can't wait for the next part to be released."

We're off!!!!

First one in is Katie Verna from North (if brain cell number 3 is remembering rightly) Carolina.  Here's what she says:-

"Here's my day one that needs to be edited!  Didn't read directions; just looked at the pic!!  So I'll go back and add the 16 st chain to SR 4.    Other booboo I made was to attach Ring 1 to Ring 5 upside down.  Good grief, nothing like watching what you're doing.  ;)  So opened the ring and fixed that.  Have to run to care for my grands, but I'm gonna make another one too in a different color combo.  These threads are Marilee Rockley's Rubarb pie and the solid red to match."

TIAS - Link to Day 1

OK, here you go!!!!! I'm putting this link on both blogs just so that I 'catch' you all!!!!

I will publish all comments and work in progress on this blog only and the usual ramblings SHOULD occur as time permits on the usual 'Tatting and not a lot else' blog.

Here's the link you've been waiting for. Happy tats to all!!!!

Tah de dah!!!

Drum rolls, piping of the pipes, blowing of the bugles and all that stuff.

Here's the link for the first TIAS of 2010.

Tomorrow is another day AND

I will be announcing the start date of the first TIAS of 2010.

Please come back tomorrow morning for the introduction to this Tat It And See.

dani's CYOP - TIAS - the end?

hi all!

so, by "tomorrow" i clearly meant a week-and-a-half later.... sigh... i should have borrowed Jane's "spare" brain cell. next time, if inspiration should ever strike again, i'll remember this!

in the meantime, for those who've been waiting sooo patiently for me to post their pics... here you go!

i kept thinking through-out that option A should have been option E... for Egg! option B is a Bunny, as many have guessed, and Option C is a chick! (one tatter couldn't figure out what option C was, until someone rotated it to horizontal instead of vertical!)

Tatskool made Option A and came out with a Chiton...? see her blog for details!

Sonja from Holland - Option A	Sonja from Holland - Option B	Sonja from Holland - Option C
Carla - Option A (Paasei)	Carla - Option B (Paashaas)	Carla - Option C (Kuiken)
Riet - Option B	Unarae in Alaska - Option C - day 5	Gina from the Netherlands - Option C - i love the background drawing and the eye!
Marty - Option A	Marty - Option C
ladytats - Option C - day 6	ladytats - Option C
mine - Option A(Egg)	mine - Option C(hick)	mine - Option B(unny)

and so the Choose-Your-Own-Pattern Tat-It-And-See comes to an end (except for pictures you send me! (dmr22 at cornell dot edu) which i promise to post at least once a week!)

the patterns will eventually (see, i can be taught!) be up on my website in PDF form... honest!

dani, the geek

dani's CYOP TIAS - pics 2

so... this project might need a bit of blocking... i know i've been stretching mine flat as i went along...



day 3 - Tatskool


day 5 - Tatskool



Option B - Marco - close... the last round is a bit off... i'll check and see if the pattern is right.

8-)

dani's CYOP TIAS - pics 1

so, clearly, by "tomorrow, lunch time" i meant "Sunday morning"... i don't call myself "dani, the late" for nothing... sigh.

in a comment from an earlier post, Tat'sKool asked how to send pictures for posting. my main email is dmr22, cornell, edu. we have comments now, so you can put them there too...


Riet - day 2


Riet - day 5, option C


Suzanne - day 3


Suzanne - day 5, option C

dani's CYOP TIAS - day 7!

hi all!

today's the day! all three options! the end of the pattern! thrills! chills! no spills, though, they're hard to clean!

&&(A) if you are following option A, include the green portions surrounded by &&s. &&

@(B) if you wish to follow option B, include the orange portions surrounded by @ signs. @

%(C) if you wish to follow option C, include the blue portions surrounded by % signs. %

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&&(A)
* Ch: 6
R: 3+3+3
Ch: 6
R: 3+ to previous join, 3-3 *
repeat twice more
&&

@(B)
Ch: 6
R: 3+3+3
Ch: 3-3 + to last join, 2
R: 3-3-3-3 (not joined to anything yet!)
Ch: 3+ to last chain p, 3
R: 3+3-3-3
* Ch: 6
R: 3+3-3-3 *
repeat once more

Ch: 6
R: 3+3-6

Ch: 8, do not reverse, switch shuttles
R: 2-2, do not reverse, switch shuttles
Ch: 8 + to top of last ring, 6+ to next ring, 6+6+6+6+ to first picot of previously free ring
R: 3+ to next p on prev round, 3-3
Ch: 6
R: 3+3+3
Ch: 6
R: 3+3-3
@

%(C)
Ch: 6
R: 3+3+3
R: 6+ to next chain p (on the add-on), 2-4
* Ch: 8
R: 4+2+2-4 *
repeat once more

Ch: 8
R: 4+4-4
Ch: 6, reverse, switch shuttles
Ch: 2
R: 2-2, do not reverse, switch shuttles
Ch: 8
R: 4+4-4
* Ch: 8
R: 4+2+2-4 *
repeat twice more

Ch: 8
R: 4+2+ to same chain p as last join, 2-4
Ch: 8
R: 4+2+2-4
Ch: 8
R: 4+2+6
Ch: 4
R: 3+ to both the free p on the add-on and the next p on the prev round, 3-3
%


Ch: 6
R: 2+2+2-2
* Ch: 6
R: 3+3+3-3 *
repeat twice more

* Ch: 6
R: 2+2+2-2
Ch: 6
R: 3+3-3 (does not join to prev round!) *
repeat three more times

Ch: 6
R: 2+2+2-2
Ch: 6
R: 3+3+ to first ring of this round, 3 (does not join to prev round!)
Ch: 6
join to base of first ring of this round
cut & tie

(option A, 20 new rings, option B, 24 new rings, option C, 28 new rings.)

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well, folks, that's the end of the Choose Your Own Pattern Tat-It-And-See!

i'll post stuff and answer questions as quick as i can, although it seems that comments are somehow not coming through. i'm sure Jane & i can work out the details! i'll be posting all the pictures i have saved up tomorrow, probably lunch time.

thanks for playing!

dani

dani's CYOP TIAS - day 6

hi all!

sorry for the lack of a day 6 yesterday, but i was home sick... sigh... nothing big, just... sick.

we've had some confusion when i made a mistake (of which another was found, this time in day 3) or when i varied from the previously established pattern. so i'm noting where it might look wrong, but isn't, i swear!

today's options are A&C vs B

@(B) if you wish to follow option B, include the orange portions surrounded by @ signs. @

%(A&C) if you wish to follow options A or C, include the blue portions surrounded by % signs. %

a reminder: {split ring/chain} and [normal tatting]

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Round 4:

{SR: 2-2/2-2} or [R: 2-2+ last picot of prev round, 2-2]
* Ch: 6
R: 3+3-3 (yes, these rings don't join to the prev round!}
Ch: 6
R: 2+2+ to prev round, 2-2 *
repeat once more

* Ch: 6
R: 3+3+3-3 *
repeat two more times

Ch: 6
R: 2+2+2-2
* Ch: 6
R: 3+3+ to next chain, 3 (yes, no picot)
Ch: 6
R: 3+ to same p as prev ring, 3-3 *
%(A&C) repeat 3 more times %

@(B) do not repeat grouping (one pair total)
Ch: 6
R: 3+3+3
R: 3-3-3-3
CH: 4+ to last p, 6
R: 3+ to top p of prev ring, 3-3-3
Ch: 6
R: 3+3-3-3
R: 3+3-3-3
Ch: 6

R: 3+3-3-3, do not reverse after close, switch shuttles
Ch: 6
R: 2-2, do not reverse after close, switch shuttles
Ch: 12+ to last p on last ring, 4+ to next p, 4+ to next ring, 8+6+3-3+2+ to next open p on prev round, 3+ to picot earlier on this chain, 3

R: 3+ to same p on prev round, 3-3
Ch: 6
R: 3+3+ to next chain, 3
Ch: 6
R: 3+3-3
@

in all three cases, you should be just past the center line at the tip of the rev round
(options A&C, 17 new rings, option B, 21 new rings)

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hooray! one more day to go! and all options!!! (gulp!)

8-)

TIAS examples through day 4!

day 1 - Tatskool


day 2 - Jeanne (LadyTats)



day 3 - Jeanne (LadyTats)



day 4 - Jeanne (LadyTats)

dani's CYOP TIAS - day 5

hi all!

no options today... all versions are the same! but tomorrow... oh tomorrow there will be options!

a reminder: {split ring/chain} and [normal tatting]

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R: 6+ to next p, 3-3
* Ch: 3-3
R: 3+3+3-3 *
repeat 3 more times

Ch: 3-3
R: 3+3+6

Ch: 4-4
R: 3+ to next available ring base, 3
Ch: 3-3
R: 6+ to next join on prev round, 3-3
Ch: 3-3
R: 2+2+2-2
Ch: 3-3
R: 3+3+6
{SCh: 3/3} or [Ch: 3-3, join, cut and tie]

(10 new rings total)

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see you tomorrow!

(oh, and i'll put up the pictures i've gotten then)

%-)

dani's CYOP TIAS - day 4

hi all!

today we have options!

@(A&B) if you wish to follow options A or B, include the orange portions surrounded by @ signs. @

%(C) if you wish to follow the C option, include the blue portions surrounded by % signs. %

a reminder: {split ring/chain} and [normal tatting]

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Round 3:

{SR: 3/3} or [R: 3+ to end of prev round, 3]
Ch: 4-4

R: 6+ to next p, 3-3
* Ch: 3-3
R: 3+3+3-3 *
repeat 3 more times

Ch: 3-3
R: 3+3+6

Ch: 4-4
R: 3+3
Ch: 4-4
R: 6+ to next chain, 3-3
* Ch: 4-4
R: 3+3-3 *
repeat once more

Ch: 4-4
R: 3+3+ to next chain, 6

@(A & B) Ch: 4-4 @

%(C)
Ch:4, place a paperclip or some other marker in the chain at this point to leave a place to join later
Ch: 3
R: 2-4-2
Ch: 3-3
R: 2+4-2
Ch: 3-3
R: 2+2-2-2
Ch: 3-6-3

R: 2+2+2-2
* Ch: 3-3
R: 2+4-2 *
repeat once more
Ch: 3-3
R: 2+2-2-2
Ch: 3-6-3
R: 2+2+2+ to first ring in this section, 2
Ch: 3 + to where you left the paperclip or other marker
Ch: 4
%

R: 3+ to next chain on prev round, 3
Ch: 4-4

(options A&B, 13 new rings. option C, 21 new rings)

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we confused yet? bwah-hah-hah-hah-hah! (insert evil laugh sound effect here!)

day 1 from Jeanne

Jeanne appears to be choosing to use {split ring/chain}, where Suzanne is option for [standard].

dani's TIAS - day 3

i think i'm going to call the options a CYOP - Choose Your Own Pattern... kind of like the CYOA - Choose Your Own Adventure books from the 80s.

oh, and there's a correction on day 2!

a reminder: {split ring/chain} and [normal tatting]

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R: 3+ to last small r, 3+ to base of ring on last round, 3-3
Ch:3-3

* R: 3+ to prev ring, 3+ to prev round, 3-3
Ch: 3-3 *
repeat 4 more times

R: 3+ to prev ring, 3+ to base of ring on prev round, 3-3 --oops!--
Ch: 4 + to last p, 4+ to join on prev round, 4+ to next p, 4 to start of this round

[cut & tie]

(7 new rings total)

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tomorrow, an option!

From Suzanne!

Just in from Suzanne. Great start.

dani's TIAS - day 2

since i left this so late (darn that knitting, anyway!), i'll be releasing these updates more often than your average TIAS... unless i hear an uproar from the populace.

a reminder: {split ring/chain} and [normal tatting]

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Round 2:

{SR: 3-3/3-3} or [R: 3-3+ to base of ring at end of last round, 3-3]
Ch:3-3

* R: 3+ to prev ring, 3+ to prev round, 3-3
Ch: 3-3 *
repeat 4 more times

R: 3+ to prev ring, 3+ to base of ring on prev round, 3-3 --oops!--
Ch: 3-3
R: 3+ to prev ring, 3
Ch: 3-3
R: 3+ to join on prev round, 3
Ch: 3-3
R: 3-3
Ch: 3-3

(10 new rings total)

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yes, i know, we only went halfway around... heh, heh, heh... (another good reason to release daily!)

8-)

Dani's Easter TIAS - day 1

hi all!

i've come up with something slightly different for this tat-it-and-see... multiple choices! the first few days will be all alike, then i'll present options A, B, and C for the last few days.

i envision this done in a different pastel color for rings and chains, and a different pair of colors for every round, but i did mine in the variegated i happened to have on my shuttle. it would look good in anything, really!

a couple more bits of bookkeeping, i'll present split ring/chain options in {pink curly braces} and normal tatting in [green square brackets], and i'll show the number of new rings at the end in (parentheses).

on to day one!

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R: 3-3-3-3
*Ch: 3-3
R: 3+3-3-3*
repeat 4 more times

Ch: 4+ to side p, 4 + to top p
Ch: *3-3 + to next top p * to end

Ch: 4+ to side p, 4 + to beginning

[cut and tie]

(6 rings total)

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enough to start? excelsior!

dani, the geek 8-)